Friday, December 29, 2006

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE DECLINED BETWEEN 1993 AND 2004

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE DECLINED BETWEEN 1993 AND 2004: "The intimate partner violence rate has declined since 1993, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. In 1993 nonfatal intimate partner violence was 5.8 victimizations per 1,000 U.S. residents 12 years old and older. By 2004 this rate had fallen to 2.6 victimizations per 1,000 individuals."

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